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Buildings were set on fire and properties looted in South Africa on Monday as unrest sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma last week continued for a fourth day. The country’s top court, which ordered Zuma jailed for refusing to appear before a corruption probe, is holding a review …

US law enforcement and national security officials met with Haiti’s leaders and police to offer assistance in the wake of president Jovenel Moise’s assassination, the White House said Monday. The delegation representing the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, State Department and National Security Council arrived in Haiti on …

Nigeria received about $8.4bn investment announcements as at 4th March 2021, out of which $5.46bn were pledged by foreign investors. The remaining $2.08bn was promised by domestic investors, statistics obtained from the Nigerian Investments Promotion Commission showed. The sum pledged by foreign investors in Q1 2021 is 27.5 per cent …

Italians wildly celebrated the Euro 2020 title of their national team who will be received by Prime Minister Mario Draghi later on Monday. Thousands took to the streets across the country after Italy beat England 3-2 on penalty kicks to win the trophy at Wembley late Sunday for their second …

Haiti’s national police on Sunday announced the arrest of the suspected mastermind in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. A Haitian doctor living in the U.S. state of Florida was arrested, police chief Leon Charles said at a news conference. The suspected killers called him after the attack and evidence …

South Sudan, which marks a decade of independence on Friday, is the world’s youngest country and also one of the poorest, crippled by a devastating civil war that has left tens of thousands of people dead. World’s youngest stateSouth Sudan proclaimed its independence from Sudan in July 2011 following a …

The Olympic flame has arrived in Tokyo on Friday with just two weeks until the Games open, as athletes and fans mourned a “heartbreaking” decision to bar spectators from almost all venues over the virus. In a taste of what is to come for thousands of athletes who will compete …

CITIC Tower Beijing China has issued a circular banning the construction of new skyscrapers above 500 meters amid efforts to tighten scrutiny over high-rises. All buildings above 250 meters are strictly restricted, and if they needed to build new ones, the construction plans should be reviewed over a slew of …

The Federal Government has demanded what it described “a full and unconditional” return of 1,130 Benin Bronzes that were looted from Nigeria in the 19th century and domiciled in museums in German. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the demand in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, during separate …

Middle East country Oman has extended the ban on international entries from Nigeria and 19 other countries to curb the further spread of coronavirus. This was contained in a statement issued by the Oman Government Communication Centre titled, ‘Update on travel restrictions related to COVID-19’. Other African countries affected are …